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Check out this truely stunning ROV footage of deep-sea creatures, filmed by the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute (MBARI). Best on full screen with sound if you can…

An ROV was deployed to investigate Japan’s Fukushima nuclear power plant that was damaged in 2011. The ROV captured images of what appears to be mounds of nuclear fuel that melted and fell to the bottom of the most damaged reactor.

This investigation was the first attempted since 2017 when an ROV was unable to capture any images because of extremely high radiation levels. This year, the robotic vehicle measured radiation of 2 sievert at one location, which is still fatal to humans.

Full article at: ABCNews 11feb22

An ROV has been deployed to find damage to the fibre optic communications cable after the volcanic eruption off the coast of Tonga.

““They have a good idea of where the break is. However, their search last night, did not find the cable break. It appears that the shockwaves or tsunami waves pushed the cable away from where it is supposed to be,” the CEO of Tonga Cable Ltd., James Panuve, told Matangi Tonga.”

Full article at: Matangitonga.to 04feb22

QYSEA, KDDI and PRODRONE have teamed up to develop an aerial drone that can launch an underwater ROV. It is a very interesting concept to allow remote deployment of ROVs and will have quite unique and challenging use-cases.

Full article at: NewsShooter 21jan22